I remember in 1st grade one of my classmates had one of those cheap store bought costumes of rainbow brite with the mask and the plastic apron. The eyeholes in the mask were cut into rainbow brite's forehead. That was the scariest thing I saw that halloween. I used to think those store bought costumes meant your parents didn't care about you. I made my halloween costumes with my mom every year, in retrospect it was probably because we were poor.

I still prefer making my halloween costumes. This year I plan on being this. You would probably have to live in Indianapolis to get it though.

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Gramma:I hate this trend. I went looking for costumes for my 14 year old. Almost all of them in her size range were 'sexy'. Not only is that inappropriate for a young teen, but for chrissake it is COLD in Michigan at the end of October.

Before doing the slutty thing was what every girl did, most of my friends were verging on the slutty territory on Halloween. But we mostly made our outfits ourselves. Then sometime in the early 2000's suddenly the slutty thing was EVERYWHERE. I had a good time back in the day though dressing it up for Slut-O-Ween. But now you can't escape it. I don't want to dress like a streetwalker for Halloween anymore but that's pretty much the only costumes out there nowadays.

Anyways, if I had to pick between these, I'd probably go with Cheshire Cat or Ursula.

Gramma:I hate this trend. I went looking for costumes for my 14 year old. Almost all of them in her size range were 'sexy'. Not only is that inappropriate for a young teen, but for chrissake it is COLD in Michigan at the end of October.

Yeah... It's like the costume manufacturers decided that Halloween costumes are for slutty parties instead of actual trick-or-treating.

I wish we could go back to the days when a mini skirt, stockings and skimpy top with a character printed on it was NOT considered a "costume".

I'm not complaining about more flesh showing. I'm complaining about the "costumes" not actually having any real costume elements.

Also, Halloween costumes USED TO BE about being scary. Now it's all pop culture.